Georgium+Sidus
61Uranus — noun /ˈjʊɹənəs,jʊˈɹeɪnəs,ˈjuɹənəs,juˈɹeɪnəs/ a) The god of the sky and heavens, son and husband to Gaia, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops b) The seventh planet in our solar system, with twenty seven known moons, discovered in 1781 …
62Herschel , Sir (Frederick) William — (1738–1822) German–British astronomer Herschel, who was born in Hannover, started life in the same occupation as his father – an oboist with the band of the Hannoverian footguards. He moved permanently to England in 1757, where he worked as a… …
63HERSCHEL, SIR WILLIAM — a distinguished astronomer, born at Hanover; son of a musician, and bred to the profession; came to England at the end of the Seven Years War, and obtained sundry appointments as an organist; gave his leisure time to the study of astronomy and …
64URANUS — 1) a planet, the outermost but one of the solar system, is 1770 millions of miles from the sun, takes 30,686 of our days, or 84 of our years, to revolve round it, has four times the diameter of the earth, and is accompanied by four moons; it… …
65uranium — [18] Ouranós was an ancient sky god in Greek mythology, consort of Gaea and father of Cronos and the Titans (his name was a personification of Greek ouranós ‘heaven’). The Romans called him ūranus, and the name soon came to be applied to the… …
66herschel — n. (Astron.) Uranus, Georgium Sidus …
67uranium — [18] Ouranós was an ancient sky god in Greek mythology, consort of Gaea and father of Cronos and the Titans (his name was a personification of Greek ouranós ‘heaven’). The Romans called him ūranus, and the name soon came to be applied to the… …
